A bantamweight bout that ended in a no contest at UFC Fight Night 39 has been booked once against as Johnny Bedford faces Rani Yahya at UFC Fight Night in San Antonio on June 28th.
The fight booking was announced by the UFC on Monday.
UFC Fight Night 44 will come from the AT&T Center and will be headlined by Cub Swanson meeting Jeremy Stephens in a scheduled five round featherweight bout.
In their first meeting earlier this month, an accidental headbutt ended the fight when Yahya was unable to continue. As the fight was officially announced as a no contest, the two fighters got into a verbal exchange and Bedford said he wanted to have a rematch on this card.
The current UFC Fight Night 44: Swanson vs. Stephens fight card is below.
Cub Swanson (20-5) vs. Jeremy Stephens (23-9)
Kelvin Gastelum (8-0) vs. Nico Musoke (12-2, 1NC)
Carlos Diego Ferreira (9-0) vs. Colton Smith (3-3)
Andy Enz (7-1) vs. Marcelo Guimaraes (8-1-1)
Anthony Hamilton (12-2) vs. Oleksiy Oliynyk (48-9-1)
Johnny Beford (19-10, 1NC) vs. Rani Yahya (19-8, 1NC)